Adjustable curtain and shade holder



Feb. 17. 1925.

E. M. DUSTE ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN AND SHADE HOLDER Filed March 10} 1924 gmxwstoz Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES EMMA M. DUSTE, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN AND SHADE I-IOILDER.

Application filed March 10, 1924. Serial No, 698,232.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that, EMMA M. DUSTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Curtain and Shade Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to holders or brackets for window curtains and shades and the main object of the invention is to so construct the brackets that they may be adjusted in accordance with the length of the shade-roller after they have been erected on the window casing. This has the advantage that no resetting is required after the brackets have been secured in position.

In ordinary brackets of this class, on the other hand, it is necessary to try over and over again for suitable positions for the brackets to take a certain length of shaderoller. The brackets, forming the subject matter of the present invention, may be secured at theproper height on each side of z the window casing no matter what the length of the shade roller may be. The latter may thereupon be positioned by sliding the bearing portions of the brackets until the right distance between these bearing portions has been found to properly accommodate the shade-roller. As this adjustment is possible on the right as well as on the left bracket, it is evident that the shaderoller may be symmetrically adjusted with regard to the window casing.

In the accompanying drawing, one embodiment of the invention has been illustrated, and

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of the curtain and shade-roller brackets in position 011 the window casing;

Figure 2 is a side elevation in a larger scale of one of the brackets, and

Figure 3 is a horizontal section along line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, 10 represents a window casing to which the holders or brackets are secured.

The holders or brackets which are made in pairs, viz, a left hand bracket 11 and a right hand bracket 12, each consists of a body portion 13 adapted to engage the side face of the window casing and be secured thereto by means of screws or nails 14 as best seen in Fig. 2. The bracket is made from thin sheet metal and from the flat body portion 13 extends forwardly an upper arm 15 provided with one or more apertures 16 adapted to receive the end of the curtainpole. At the lower end of the body portion and integral therewith is formed a pair of guide rails 17 spaced from each other and running inwardly from the body portion 13 and terminating with a bridge strap 18 connecting the inner ends of the two arms. This bridge strap is secured on the window casing by means of still another screw or nail 19 as best seen in Fig. 8. The guide rails 17 are spaced a certain distance from the front face of the casing but the bridge strap 18 is offset with regard to the guide rails 17 inorder to contact with the front surface of the casing.

Between the guide rails 17 a portion of the plate is bent outwardly parallel to the body portion 13 to form a bearing 20 for an adjusting screw 21. This bearing portion may be formed from the part of the plate which is partially cut out to form the space 22 between the guide rails 17 and is accordingly ofthe same height as the width of the space 22. On the outer side of the adjusting screw 21 is shown a wing-nut 22 by means. of which the adjusting screw 21 can be made to slide in and out in the bearing arm 20. On the inner side of the latter and engaging the adjusting screw 21 may be provided a lock-nut 24 for securing the screw in position after adjustment. Reference numeral 25 represents the adjustable shade-roller bearing which accordingly is provided with an aperture 26 near its outer end for re ceiving one of the pivots of the shade-roller. Ordinarily the pivot at one end of the shaderoller has to turn freely in its bracket. This aperture in one of the brackets is circular while the corresponding aperture in the other bracket is oblong to receive the stationary pivot at the other end of the roller. Generally this oblong aperture for the stationary pivot is a U-shaped slot in one of the brackets opening at the upper edge thereof in order to permit the dropping in of the stationary pivot. This is a disadvantage because it often happens with a hard pull on the shade that the pivot jumps out of the slot and the shade falls.

The shade-roller bearing 25 has a foot 27 at its inner end which engages the inner sides of the guide rails 17 and the ends 28 of the foot are bent together to embrace the corresponding guide rails 17 as best seen iii in Figs. l and 3. The foot 27 is of suflicient length to prevent the bearing 25 fron'1 rocking on the guide rails and to permit easy sliding in a horizontal direction thereof.

To the bearing 25 is rigidly semi-atom end of the adjusting screw which for this reason is provided with a head and a nut 80 for drawing it up tightlyin the shade-roller bearing 25. i

After the holders or brackets 11 and 12 bearings 25 are nowmade toslide towardsv each other until they engage respectively the corresponding pivots" on the shade-roller. It Will now be evident that the bearings ;25 can be made to come much closer toheach end of the shade roller than usual, thereby giving a betterjsupport for the latter. It will also be evident that a very close adjustment of the bearings 25 will be possible so that the shade 31 may hang perfeetly sym-j metricalwith relation to the windoivopen;

ing. Assoon as the'correct position of the bearings 25 has been found, the adjusting screws 21 are secured in the bearing arms 20 by means of the lock-nut 24. The shade roller bearings 25 will in this manner be held firmly upon the guide rails 17 and at a proper di s tancefroin each other to permit an easy operation of the shade 31.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A curtain and shade, bracket comprising a body member adapted to be secured to the edge of a Window casing, guide rails extending fronr the front edge. o'l said body member parallel'to the front "face of the window casing, a bridge piece connecting the ilnie yends of the rails and adapted to besecuredv to the front face of the window, casing, said bridge piece being inset relative to the rails whereby the rails will be disposed in spaced relationto the windowcasing, a bearing arm projecting forwardly from the body member between the outer ends of the rails a shade rollersupporting bracket having its inner end dis posed between the guide rails and having a foot extending upwardly and downwardly therefrom and, sli dably engaging said guide rails, an adjustable screw permanently secured saidbracket and extending through the bearing arm, and nutson the screw at, opposite sides of: said arm to lock the screw thereto.

I In testimony whereof- Iafiix my signature.

EMMA NLDUSTE. [n 3. 

